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Mitten. No. 241,900. Patented `May24,188l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM W. 'WHITAKER OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TODANIEL S. HULETT, OF SAME PLACE.

MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,900, dated May 24,1881.

Application filed April 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. WHITAKER, a citizen of theUnited States,residir] g at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mittens; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention consists of a mitten madefrom knit goods, the blanksbeing cut from the web folded so as to cut a two-ply blank, and thewrists long enough to fold inward between the two folds of the blank,and one of the folds being cut across at the line separating the wristfrom the hand, and then both folds being used to form the two-ply backof the hand, while a leather forms the palm of the hand, all of whichwill be fully understood by the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the blanks cut intwofold from the ordinary web of knit goods, the blanks thus having noselvage. Fig. 2 represents the next step in making the mitten, and. Fig.3 is a section showing the different folds, as will be more fullyexplained.

In making the mitten from the blanks, Fig. l, the upper fold is cntacross, as shown at J, the parts A of both folds forming the two-plyback of the hand. The long wrist-pieces B are folded inward orintroverted, the fold being made on the line b, so that the lower ends,C, ofthe blank, Fig. 1, come to meet the palm at the line J, as betterseen in Fig. 3. The palm of the mitten is made from the usual leather,D, which is to be lined, and the edge of the same (including the lining)is overstitched before the same is attached to the knit two-ply back.This overstitch is shown at G, and extends to the border-strips E and F,Fig. 2; but in this case I do not claim the overstitch, as I have fileda separate application for the same. Now, the mitten is completed by athroughand-through stitch, as described in an application for a patentwhich I filed in February, 1881.

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim The method of manufacturingmittens made of knitted material or fabric, which consists, essentially,in cutting a blank to form the twoply back and two-ply wrist from a webdoubled or folded over, then cutting one of the folds crosswise at apoint separating the wrist from the hand part, then folding inwardly orintroverting the Wrist-pieces B upon the line b, and finally attaching aleather palm thereto, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WM. W. WHITAKER.

Witnesses DANIEL BREED, GEO. F. GRAHAM.

